NBC Readies New View of ‘Sunday Night Football’

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCNN has a new way to get its documentary series heard.Sirius XM plans to launch CNN Originals, a new channel that spotlights the growing number of non-fiction series that appear on both CNN and its sibling network HLN. Starting September 18, programs including Anthony Bourdain’s “Parts Unknown,” “United Shades of America with W.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorJames Corden last night offered a new twist on late-night logistics: While his band and some crew held forth in the studio, the host revealed that he is likely to appear on set via videoconferencing software for the next little while.“I know you’re thinking, ‘Where am I right now?'” Corden said from a screen perched at the “Late Late Show” set where he typically holds forth.

Will Thorne Staff WriterSunday night saw the gigantic new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood christened with a “Sunday Night Football” kick off between the Los Angeles Rams and the Dallas Cowboys.While the game itself ended with a narrow victory for the Rams, the numbers for the game were hardly a victory for NBC.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticSoFi Stadium was devoid of fans on last night’s Sunday Night Football due to the coronavirus pandemic, but full of victory for hometown heroes the Los Angeles Rams. Sadly that winning feeling wasn’t reflected in the ratings for NBC and the NFL.The team’s first game at their sparkling new $5 billion digs saw the Rams take down the Dallas Cowboys 20-17 in a grinding battle.

straight to your inboxZack Steffen is set to make his Manchester City debut in the Carabao Cup third round next week.But the Blues’ newcomer is in no rush to make a first team place his own, and acknowledges that Ederson is the man in possession.USA national team keeper Steffen has replaced Claudio Bravo as number two at the Etihad Stadium and has been training with the squad since they returned a fortnight ago.The management at City want Steffen to push Brazil international Ederson – he is a

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThe NFL’s two big TV services are back with satellite-distributor Dish just in time for the football league’s next season to kick off.NFL Network and NFL RedZone went dark on Dish in mid-June after the two sides failed to come to terms on a new contract.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorYou’d think Lisa Salters would have seen everything by now, but the woman who holds the distinction of being the longest-serving sideline reporter in the history of “Monday Night Football” will soon encounter something that has never been part of covering an NFL game.When ESPN launches this season of “MNF,” Salters will likely find herself working the game from empty stadium seats, in an area now being referred to as “the moat.” Other reporters who have her role,

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorThere’s more than a bunch of football games at stake as the National Football League gets set to kick off its 2020 season Thursday night.Behind the scenes, four of the nation’s biggest media companies are eager to try and keep NFL football on their networks for years to come – and doing so may not be easy. The league’s current rights deal with Walt Disney’s ESPN lapses after the 2021 season, while its contracts with ViacomCBS, NBCUniversal and Fox Corp.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorUnless you’ve been in the right place in Los Angeles at the right time over the past several years, Fiona Apple performances have been as rare as Bigfoot sightings.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorNBC’s perennially top-rated Sunday Night Football broadcasts will sound fairly normal this fall, executive producer Fred Gaudelli promised Thursday, but they will feature fewer crowd shots due to few if any fans attending games.Gaudelli joined play-by-play voice Al Michaels, analyst Cris Collinsworth and sideline reporter Michele Tafoya for a media conference call ahead of next Thursday’s start to the 15th season of SNF.

New Order are teasing an upcoming announcement on their social media accounts.The minimal new teaser simply shows a flock of birds alongside the date of September 8, next Tuesday.It’s not clear yet whether the teaser points to the announcement and release of new music, or if it will see the band announcing more tour dates.New Order have already had to reschedule a massive London show at The O2 and dates for their Unity tour with Pet Shop Boys in the US.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMSNBC dishes up dozens of short news segments to its viewers over the course of a single day. Now the network may have a chance to go long.The cable-news outlet will air “The Way I See It,” a documentary about former White House photographer Pete Souza (above, pictured), on Friday, October 9 at 10 p.m.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBrian Lesser is back to help advertising, media and entertainment companies – among others – try to gain  control of the reams of consumer data quickly being generated by Hollywood’s streaming wars.Lesser stepped away from leading AT&T’s Xandr just short of six months ago, as the telecom giant decided to combine the ad-tech unit with its large WarnerMedia entertainment operation.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorPublic Enemy, the legendary rap group that helped shape socially conscious hip-hop into what it is today, have returned to Def Jam Recordings, the label that hosted their most iconic recordings.The reunion launches with a remix of the group’s classic 1989 song “Fight the Power (Remix 2020),” which opened the 2020 BET Awards in June featuring Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, Jahi and Questlove. The song, originally featured in Spike Lee’s film “Do the Right Thing,”

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorMadison Avenue has for decades trotted out a dizzying array of marketing avatars to talk to consumers. Mr.

Yo La Tengo have announced their second EP within three months, ‘Sleepless Night’, set for release later this year.‘Sleepless Night’ will comprise six tracks, five of which will be covers from the catalogues of The Byrds, The Delmore Brothers, Bob Dylan, Ronnie Lane and The Flying Machine.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorExecutives at The Washington Football Team took lewd videos of the franchise’s cheerleaders with the intention of distributing them internally, according to a report in The Washington Post.Citing the recollection of a former team employee, The Post reported that a ten-minute video was compiled of outtakes from efforts to chronicle the making of an annual team calendar.